"Thank you, Old Wu!"
Lu Chen solemnly bowed deeply, then bent down and respectfully raised the Kitchen God statue with both hands.
To consecrate the [Hearthfire Register], four rituals were required:
--[Purification]
--[Deity Invocation]
--[Eye-Opening]
--[Spirit Sealing]
Beyond that, the most crucial matter was the arrangement of the [ritual altar].
Unlike the open-air altar erected when praying for rain in Dragon-Tiger County, this altar had to align with the Kitchen God's divine nature.
It had to draw divine power from the hearthfire of ten thousand households.
And from five to seven in the evening the day after tomorrow was the most auspicious time of the day, coinciding with the hour when cooking smoke rose in wisps from a thousand homes.
Therefore, Lu Chen decided to set the altar in Southern Mountain Residential Compound, using the cooking smoke of its thousand households as the "medicinal primer" to ignite this consecration ritual.
It was just...
Unlike the previous rain-prayer in Dragon-Tiger County, this opening of the altar would likely be impossible to conceal and would certainly draw the attention of Jiangdu City.
At that thought, Lu Chen quietly drew a breath.
So be it. Some secrets could not remain hidden forever.
When the time came for them to be revealed, he would simply let nature take its course.
Afterward, Lu Chen and the others prepared to take their leave.
But Old Wu insisted on playing the host and warmly urged everyone to stay for dinner.
It was already mealtime, and under Old Wu and Sun Dechang's earnest invitations,
Lu Chen found it difficult to refuse.
He could only call his mother first, telling them to eat without him, as he would not be returning for dinner.
"Haha, I never expected young friend Lu to be such a family man."
Seeing that Lu