In the dark night, the sky is filled with stars.
Tens of thousands of people gathered at the foot of Luyang Mountain, all holding torches. Countless torches were burning fiercely, lighting up the foot of the mountain.
The crowd looked at the mountain peak in silence, their faces full of expectation, looking up at the three-star altar at the highest point of the mountain. On this mountaintop altar, events that may determine the future fate of millions of them are being predicted.
Only a few people were discussing anxiously in low voices.
"Do you think any of this year's worshipers can successfully perform sacrifices and predict what will happen in the future?"
"Oh, it's hard to say! In our Luyang Mansion, no one has successfully performed sacrifices for many years!"
"I'm optimistic about Jiang Youxi! It's hard for others to say, but Jiang Youxi must have hope."
"Oh, why is this? Isn't Jiang Youxi the son of City Lord Jiang? Jiang Youxi should inherit his father's legacy and major in the City Lord Department!"
"You are ignorant. Although Jiang Youxi is the son of City Lord Jiang Tianpeng, Jiang Youxi's mother is the legitimate daughter of the Gu family. Although the Gu family is extremely low-key, the Gu family is a sacrificial family that has been passed down for thousands of years in Luyang Mansion. Although the Mu family It's the No. 1 family in Luyang, but it's time for Gu's parents! Jiang Youxi inherited his mother's talent and majored in the sacrificial department!"
"I just don't know if Mr. Jiang can succeed in the sacrifice!"
Many people in the crowd looked worried.
The sacrificial system is not only related to the sacrificer, but also a system that can clear away some of the fog that shrouds the future and predict the future misfortunes and blessings of the Luyang Prefecture.
In the past ten years or so, no one in Luyang Mansion has succeeded in offering sacrifices. There is no news, which makes the people of Luyang feel quite uneasy. Regardless of whether the prediction is a disaster or a disaster, we must let them know in advance so that we can prepare in advance.
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On the top of Luyang Mansion Mountain, there is a star-watching pavilion about a hundred feet away from the Sanxing Altar.
There are about hundreds of people waiting here, including the Lord of Luyang City, the dean of the mansion, the presidents of the eight major families and various guilds, prominent figures with some reputation in the city, and some talented young people from the Luyang mansion. Witness with your own eyes the whole process of this year's sacrifice and prayer.
Zhao Donglai, the head of the Zhao family, didn't have much expression on his thin face. He glanced at Jiang Tianpeng with half-squinted eyes and suddenly smiled lightly:
"City Master Jiang, there is no need to be nervous. Young Master Ling is the most outstanding priestly genius in Luyang City. Not only is he handsome in appearance, but his talent is also the best! With Young Master Ling here, this year's 'Priest of Luyang Mansion' is none other than Ling Zi!" We can rest assured."
As soon as these words came out, many people present immediately secretly despised him.
Ever since Zhao Feiyang, a direct descendant of the Zhao family, failed in the martial arts examination room and was defeated miserably by Ye Fan, a newly rising genius martial arts student, the wealthy Zhao family has regarded Ye Fan as a thorn in their side and wanted to take revenge again and again.
The surprising result is that the wealthy Zhao family did not take any advantage but suffered miserably one after another, and the whole family's face was greatly damaged.
Zhao Donglai's words were obviously to praise the Jiang family, but they also meant to sow discord between the Jiang family and Ye Fan.
Because everyone knows that as long as Ye Fan participates in the assessment, the candidates who were previously known as "geniuses" will not count.
The same is true for Zhao Feiyang, the strongest person in the martial arts department, Mu Bing, the most beautiful girl in the rune department, Ao Lie, a genius in the beast control department, and so on. Even Qin Yu'er, the number one martial arts student in the adventure department, lost directly to Ye Fan, who had not taken the adventure department exam.
Although Sun Zaoli, the prodigy of the business department, won the first place in the business department, big shots like them all knew it. The weight of the number one in the business department is less than one percent of the members of the secret treasure department.
Now Zhao Donglai is praising Jiang Youxi in public, making Jiang Youxi very high. Maybe when the sacrifice is completed, he will be surpassed by Ye Fan without any suspense, making Jiang feel very embarrassed.
If Lord Jiang was a little less generous, he would definitely show Ye Fan some color.
Zhao Donglai's words of sowing discord were clearly setting up enemies for Ye Fan.
Of course, many of the adults in the Wangxing Pavilion had a hidden disdain for him. The head of the Zhao family really did not miss any opportunity to stumble Ye Fan.
"Master Zhao is overly praised! Quan Zi only knows a little bit about the way of sacrifice. Everything depends on whether the starry sky will favor him. If the starry sky doesn't favor him, it will be like a genius!"
City Master Jiang Tianpeng smiled faintly and did not accept the flattery from Family Master Zhao.
Although he is the head of the Jiang family, he is also the head of a city in Luyang City. He has jurisdiction over all matters of the city. How can he be instigated and exploited with just a few words?
Even if Ye Fan is a peerless genius, he is still a talent born in Luyang Mansion. He might be able to work for him, the Lord of Luyang City, in the future. There is no need to quarrel with a rare genius boy just to gain fame.
However, having said that, Jiang Tianpeng was also secretly worried about Jiang Youxi.
Many people are very vague about the sacrificial system, thinking that it is a mysterious system that relies entirely on luck to succeed.
He, the city lord, knows the sacrificial system very well.
The Sacrifice Department is the most difficult department among the nine major departments. It is divided into two small branches, each fulfilling two huge purposes. If either of these two major purposes is realized, the sacrifice is considered a success.
First, the Stardust Sacrifice.
The priest observes the stardust barrier and predicts a disaster from the clues and changes in the barrier.
The extent of this natural disaster can range from hundreds of miles to a city, to thousands of miles to a prefecture, to severe disasters to a vassal state with an area of tens of thousands of miles. On a larger scale, the human race of the Zixuan Dynasty, and even all the races in the Shenwu Continent.
According to the range predicted by the sacrificer, different titles can be obtained.
Generally, the stronger the innate ability of a sacrificer, the greater the range of predictions. For example, if you can predict the misfortunes and fortunes of Luyang Mansion, you can obtain the title of "Stardust Priest" or "Priest Blessed by the Starry Sky" and automatically become a priest. If the misfortunes and fortunes of a county are predicted, he will be named the "High Priest of the Stardust System".
Of course, predicting this kind of disaster has always been extremely difficult.
In Luyang Mansion, it often takes seven or eight years or even more than ten years for a young man to successfully predict a disaster. Most of the rest of the time, it is all in vain, without any results.
The children of the Gu family in Luyang Mansion have the highest prediction success rate. As many as seven people in the entire Gu family have successfully predicted the upcoming disasters in Luyang Mansion and have made great contributions to Luyang Mansion. They are the most successful ones in Luyang Mansion. An ancient sacrificial family, respected by all people in Luyang Prefecture.
However, there are few children of the Gu family, and this generation of Gu Hanjian, the direct descendant of the Gu family, did not major in the sacrificial system, but majored in the Jiang family's city master system. Instead, Jiang Youxi, a direct descendant of the Jiang family, majored in the sacrificial department.
Second, the Holy Spirit is a sacrifice.
Another huge function of the sacrificial system is to pray to the Holy God for help and to realize a certain wish.
The Holy God system is more difficult than the Stardust system.
Because the powerful Holy Spirit generally will not respond to the prayers of the sacrificers. The power of the Holy Spirit is unparalleled, but they are not interested in the "trivial" things that ordinary priests pray for.
If you are lucky and the holy gods respond to the prayers of the priests, you can obtain titles such as "Holy God Priest" and "Priest Blessed by the Holy God".
Luyang Mansion is a small city. Since the recorded history of Luyang Mansion, there has never been a Holy God priest.
There are only a handful of holy priests in the entire Canglan Kingdom.
After decades, only one or two worshipers in Canglan Kingdom have successfully offered sacrifices to the Holy God.
The sacrificial system is divided into two branches. Although these two branches have mysterious and powerful functions, these two huge functions are not easy to achieve.
For all priest department candidates who enter the altar, the probability of becoming a stardust priest is about one percent. Based on the nine worshipers a year, it takes about ten years for one person to make a successful sacrifice.
The probability of becoming a holy priest is about one in ten thousand. It is estimated that only one person can be consecrated to the divine system for a thousand years.
Because of this, the sacrificial system has always been considered the most powerful and unpredictable system, but it is always felt to be very ineffective.
City Lord Jiang Tianpeng was not sure whether his son Jiang Youxi could be successfully sacrificed.
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Ye Fan, Jiang Youxi and other nine sacrificial youths finished meditating and adjusting their breaths, completed the final preparations before the sacrifice, and began their own sacrifices.
They began to look up and observe the stardust barrier, make sense, and silently recited the words of sacrifice in their hearts.
There are eight of them, and they are stardust priests in the sacrificial system - predicting natural disasters and blessings.
Ye Fan did not look up to observe the starry sky, but took out a rather heavy spherical package that he carried with him and began to untie the straps of the package.
What he wants to perform is a holy sacrifice, which is different from others.
This surprised the other eight sacrificial youths. They all came empty-handed without bringing anything. Only Ye Fan came with a big package.
"Ye Fan, what did you bring?"
"We are expected to stay here all night tonight. Aren't you worried that you will be too hungry at night, so you brought some food with you?"
The young man from the Zhao family said suspiciously.
"Do you think we are here for a picnic and camping? Ye Fan, open your package quickly and let us see. This round thing is not a hard-boiled animal egg, right?"
The young man from the Qin family was also very interested and joked with a smile.
Ye Fan smiled lightly, ignored their words, and opened the package.
Everyone took a look and saw that inside the package was a stone egg and a sealed box.
"Stone egg? Uh, that mammoth stone egg in the beast control examination room!"
"Ye Fan, what do you want to do when you bring this stone egg to the altar? This thing cannot be eaten or used! What do you want to do?"
The young men couldn't help but be stunned.
"Disciple Ye Fan wants to resurrect the mammoth stone egg that slept in ancient times, but there is still an important item missing - the fire of the mammoth soul! Please ask the Holy Spirit for help!"
Ye Fan placed the stone egg in front of him and began to pray to the Holy Gods, seeking help from the Holy Gods.
He performs "Holy Spiritual Prayer" alone, and the prayers at the altar will be known to the Holy Spirit.
"Oh my god, he actually prayed to the Holy Spirit and resurrected the mammoth stone egg?"
"No way! He wants to become a Holy God priest? This is a beast egg. Only the Holy God of the Beast Race can resurrect it. Is he praying to the Holy God of the Beast Race for help?!"
"Can this stone egg, which has been petrified for thousands of years, be resurrected?"
The eight teenagers inside the altar were shocked.
And a hundred feet away from the altar, all the big shots and young geniuses in the Star-Wang Pavilion also showed expressions of unbelievable surprise.