Ch258 - Obtain Blessings

Edited by Zaki

Night of the full moon.

When the round bright moon rose above the sky in the center of the castle, four men appeared in full costume in the open space outside the castle. Liu Mufeng wore a black robe with golden characters painted on his clothes. All of them were scripts of the Tianyan Clan. On top of his head was a hat made of demon beast feathers, and on the hat stood two long plumes, more than a meter long, which kept swaying as Liu Mufeng walked.

While Jiang Xu and the Helian Brothers were wearing white robes, with silver characters drawn on them. They were also scripts of the Tianyan Clan. They were not wearing exaggerated feather hats like Liu Mufeng, however, each of them also had a half-meter long plume in their hair.

When they arrived outside the city gate, in front of the eighteen holy statues, Liu Mufeng and the others took out four masks with the totems of the Tianyan Clan and put them on their faces. Then, each of them took out two half-wall-long flags, which also had scripts written in the text of the Tianyan Clan. The four began to chant and dance around the city gate. They danced and chanted at the same time. Of course, Liu Mufeng was in charge of chanting, and the other three could only dance along with the flags.

Seeing the four of them chanting and dancing like lunatics, chanting in a language that no one else could understand, the other cultivators who were sitting aside and waiting for the city gate to open were all dumbfounded. Some cultivators heard the movement and even ran out of their tents to watch the excitement.

“What are they doing?”

“Yeah, what’s the purpose of this chanting and dancing?”

“I don’t know, it looks strange. Could it be that these four Seniors at the Spiritual Emperor Realm have gone crazy?”

“Are you looking for death? Do you dare to say that Jiang Xu is crazy? You are not afraid that he will cut you with a sword.”

“I, l’m just saying casually. If they’re not crazy, what is this for? Singing and dancing around the stone statues.”

“Who knows?”

“Are these four people sick? They are cultivators in the Spiritual Emperor Realm? Is it not embarrassing to sing and dance like this?” Yang Fang said contemptuously.

“They look like four lunatics, really ridiculous.” At this point, Yang Yu also looked disdainful.

“Two Daoist Friends Zhou, what do you think?” Turning his head, Yang Ming looked at Zhou Qian and Zhou Kun at the side.

“It should be for something, Liu Mufeng is a person who won’t do stuff that has no profit.” Having said that, Zhou Gan narrowed his eyes. This time, the Helian Brothers should be able to reap a lot of benefits by following Liu Mufeng.

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“Five days ago, Liu Mufeng said that he wanted to discuss something with Brother Helian, and whatever it was, it should be related to tonight’s activities.” Having said that, Yang Ming frowned. He also felt that the Helian Brothers were really lucky to be selected by Liu Mufeng.

After the chant and dance, Liu Mu Feng led the other three to the open space directly opposite the city gate. He set up three sacrificial offerings and incense burners, and began to bow three times, he knelt down and burned incense, and prayed with devotion.

According to Liu Mufeng’s previously set orientation, Jiang Xu knelt behind Liu Mufeng, the Helian Brothers knelt left and right on either side of Jiang Xu, while Liu Mufeng knelt in front of the three. All four people began to pray reverently. Jiang Xu and the two Helian Brothers each held a piece of animal skin, lowered their heads, and read directly according to the words on the animal skin. Liu Mufeng on the other hand, knelt straight, bowing while praying.

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Listening to the four chattering and chanting something over and over again, the other cultivators all looked dazed. Liu Mufeng was the only one who knew the characters of the Tianyan Clan here, so the others couldn’t understand what they were saying.

Suddenly, the other cultivators standing aside watching the excitement felt a pressure pressing down on their bodies. Instinctively, they knelt down on the ground. Then, a scene that shocked everyone appeared. They saw streaks of golden light shooting out of the Heavenly Eyes that were engraved on the foreheads of the eighteen statues. Nine of the eighteen golden lights hit Liu Mufeng, the chief priest, and for the remaining nine, Jiang Xu and Helian Brothers each got three golden lights.

Feeling the golden lights being injected into his body, Liu Mufeng felt very comfortable all over. He began to continue to lead the other three people to bow down and give thanks. Then led the three again in a joyful dance.

This time, the four held a tambourine in each of their hands, dancing and chanting hymns while beating the tambourine. Outside the city gate, they sang hymns around the eighteen holy statues.

The cultivators kneeling on the ground couldn’t get up, they could only watch the four singing and dancing stupidly.

“Second Uncle, Third Uncle, what’s going on? I seem to feel the pressure of a very powerful cultivator pressing down on me.” Looking at her two Uncles, Zhou Xueying said doubtfully.

“En, it should be the remaining prestige of the sages of the Tianyan Clan. Liu Mufeng should be holding a ceremony similar to a ritual, and we all happen to be within the scope of the ritual, so we all have to kneel in front of the mystery to show our devotion.”

“Ritualist ceremony? Then, what are those lights? I saw a lot of lights shooting into Liu Mufeng’s body.”

“It should be a good thing, but I don’t know what it is.” Zhou Gan shook his head expressing he didn’t know.

“Liu Mufeng is really amazing, he used this method to get the opportunity so easily.” Zhou Kun was very envious of Liu Mufeng.

“Two Fellow Daoists Yang, why do we have to kneel down as well?” Looking at the two people beside him, Yang Ming asked helplessly.

“That’s right, we’re not members of the Tianyan Clan, why do we kneel to them?” Yang Fang was very depressed.

“Just wait, when Liu Mufeng and the others finish the ceremony, we will be able to stand up.” Zhou Gan looked at the four who were still dancing. He thought to himself:For four cultivators in the Spiritual Emperor Realm to sing and dance in front of so many people, and do such demeaning things, the golden light must be a good thing.

Liu Mufeng and the others danced for another half an hour. Then, they bowed down to the eighteen statues one by one. This grand ritualist activity was over.

After Liu Mufeng and the others left, the people who were forced to kneel on the ground felt that the pressure was gone, and they all stood up from the ground.

“What’s the situation? This?”

“Yes, what was that golden light?”

“I don’t know? Who knows?”

“I guess it’s a good thing. Otherwise, the four cultivators at the Spiritual Emperor Realm wouldn’t be able to carry out this kind of ceremony with such great fanfare.”

“Aren’t you talking nonsense? Who knows if that’s a good thing?”

“Alas, knowing the writings of the Tianyan Clan is really very advantageous.”

“Looks like.”

“I don’t know what a good thing that golden light is.” Looking at those stone statues, Yang Yu said sourly.

“It must be a good thing.” Yang Fang thought it must be a good thing.

“No matter what it is, it has nothing to do with us.” Yang Ming smiled. Even before entering the city, Liu Mufeng and the others got an opportunity, this was really enviable.

A few days later, Liu Mufeng and his party arrived at the west side of the island.

There were a lot of Spiritual Fire Bamboos planted on the west side of the island. There were no puppets to guard them. However, Spiritual Fire Bamboo has no medicinal value and could not be used to make weapons. Therefore, there were very few cultivators here as no cultivator was interested in this thing.

“Mufeng, what kind of bamboo are those? Why are they all red? They look so strange.” Looking at the bamboo forest, Jiang Xu asked suspiciously.

“Oh, this is Spiritual Fire Bamboo. Many races in ancient times liked body training. And this Spiritual Fire Bamboo was used for body training. You see, there are many simple caves in the bamboo forest, and those are the caves for body training. The flames of the Spiritual Fire Bamboo, like thunder and lightning, can continuously temper the body and improve the physique.” Liu Mufeng explained seriously.

“Oh, it’s a bamboo forest specially used for body training.” Nodding, Jiang Xu expressed his understanding.

“XiaoXu, let’s stay outside the bamboo forest for a few days. I’ll prepare some medicinal pills. When the medicinal pills are ready, we can go into the bamboo forest to train our bodies. By the way, we can also release the Beast Fires and Fire Spirit Insects.” Looking at his partner, Liu Mufeng said so.

“Okay.” Nodding, Jiang Xu agreed.

“Two Senior Brothers, do you want to stay here to train your body?” Helian Tianwen asked curiously.

“Yes.” Nodding, Liu Mufeng confirmed.

“But, what about the inner city? Don’t you want to go to the inner city?” Helian Tianwen was very confused about this.

“When the inner city opens,XiaoXu and I will naturally go to the inner city.” Smiling, Liu Mufeng replied.

“Fellow Daoist Liu already knows the exact time when the inner city will open, right?” Helian Tianqi asked Liu Mufeng.

“Yes, it has roughly been calculated.” Nodding, Liu Mufeng replied.

“So that’s it.” Looking at Liu Mufeng in front of him, Helian Tianqi felt that this person was a bit scary. They were all in the dark when they came to the Mechanism Island, but this person seemed to be visiting his own back garden. Know everything, understand everything.

“Senior Brother Liu, when do you think the inner city will open?” Helian Tianwen asked curiously.

“It will open in nine years and ten months.” Liu Mufeng replied seriously.

“Then, doesn’t that mean that we have to wait ten years in the secret realm before the inner city can be opened?” Helian Tianwen asked again, because it happened to be two months since they arrived on the island.

“Yes.” Nodding, Liu Mufeng confirmed.

“So that’s how it is.” Nodding, Helian Tianwen expressed his understanding.